Abstract:
The Fire Research And Management Exchange System (FRAMES) is a collection and distribution of wildland fire tools. FRAMES is an ongoing project that will serve the information and tools needs of the wildland fire community, their partners, and the public.

The goal of FRAMES is to be an effective mechanism for wildland fire technology and information transfer. The following objectives will help ... FRAMES accomplish this goal:

1. FRAMES will provide consistent documentation, evaluation, and distribution of the tools necessary for wildland fire management and other partners.

2. FRAMES will create a communications environment of collaborative partnerships between wildland fire professionals for the dual purposes of tools development / refinement and for information sharing.

3. FRAMES will seek opportunities to consolidate information (i.e., datasets, databases, etc.) and when appropriate make it commonly accessible to wildland fire stakeholders. Sensitive or preliminary data will be security protected.

4. FRAMES will practice and be an advocate for data collection standards and protocols that help integrate communications, GIS, GPS, remote sensing, and modeling technologies in an effort to create a comprehensive wildland fire management information system (MIS).